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Sacramento Magazine is reporting that GullyRumpus Farm on 28th street is allowing families to incubate and hatch chicken or quail eggs at home. GullyRumpus owner Linda Easton started the “Hatch@Home” program to expand her farm’s flock by “sharing hatching duties with people in the community.” Northern California residents can hop on a waiting list to…
Rio Linda’s beloved, longtime local barbecue joint, Hickory Hank’s, has come under fire recently from Sacramento County for operating the restaurant from a parcel that is not zoned for commercial business. Today the Rio Linda Messenger has learned that a solution is near that resolves the issue not only for Hickory Hank’s, but for other…
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Rush Limbaugh, the radio host who dominated conservative media for three-plus decades, died Wednesday at the age of 70. He was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer in February 2020. The Missouri native got his start in small-town radio stations in the 1970s, hosting in Kansas City in the early ’80s, then moving to Sacramento’s KFBK in 1984….
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Rio Linda and North Highlands “Country Doctor”, July 8, 1924 ~ February 1, 2021, age 96 Our dad, Rai Bahadursingh, left this world for his heavenly home on Monday, February 1, 2021 at the age of 96. He passed away peacefully at his home in Rocklin, ending an amazing life journey. Dad was born on July 8,…
Starting February 9, Sacramento Public Library will reopen 21 locations for browsing with limited occupancy. The public will be able to visit any of the reopened locations to browse for up to one hour. Patrons can continue to use curbside service at 26 locations and make one-hour computer appointments at 20 locations. Which locations are open to the public?The…
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We usually don’t let two weeks go by without a visit to Rio Linda’s greasy spoon, the Creekside Diner. Since I was ten years old, I think I’ve consumed gallons of that peppery, sausagey gravy, hundreds of biscuits, and thousands of scrambled eggs. This last visit was different for me. Not that it matters but…
